Horse-collar.



E. BOHACZYK.

HORSE COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1911.

1,265,992. Patented Mayl l, 1918.

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Patented May14, 1918.

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EDWARD BOI-IACZYK, 0F SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

' Application filed April 13, 1917. Serial No. 161,741.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BoHAozYK, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, resident of Salem, county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in horse collars, and particularly to detachable types, the principal object being to provide a collar which may be released by the driver at any desired moment, thereby ail 'ioiding accidents due to runaways and the li e.

A further object of the invention is to provide such collars in forms which are easily engageable or removable with the animal, and which may be worn with entire comfort.

These and other like objects are attained bythe novel construction and combination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a collar made in accordance with the invention, the parts being extended at length.

Fig. 2 is a similar front view of the same, the parts being in a closed or operative condition.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmental view showing the lower part of a collar in an attached position.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the engaging elements, and

Fig. 7 is a partial bottom plan view and section showing the relation of engaging parts.

The inner, main part of the collar is comprised of a pair of uniformly shaped, flexible, cushioned elements 10 and 11 having engaging ends 12 and 13 at the bottom, and connected by a hinged joint 15 at the top.

Also engaged by the hinge 15 are a pair of elements 16 and 17, having thickened lower ends 18 and 19, which are in effect formed with hame elements 20 and 21, outturned at their upper ends and terminating in knobs 22 and 23, normally constrained toward the other by means of a coiled spring 24.

Engaged at the fixed end 18 of the hames is a plate 25 having an open front-recess 27 and held in position by means of the rivets or bolts 28, a pair of dogs 29 being pivoted on pins 30 within the recess, normally constrained toward the other by means of fiat springs 31, the dogs terminating in hooks 32.

Passing slidably through the thickened portion of the plate 25 is a rod or bar 35 having at its inner end an enlargement 36, the end of which is adapted to contact against the inner side of the hooked levers 29 whereby they may be separated as the rod is withdrawn by means of the eye 37 and cord 38, the cord being attached by means of eyes 39 affixed to the hames and extending upward and then rearward, where its end may be conveniently grasped by the driver.

A coiled spring 40 is positioned around the rod 35 within a recess 42 formed in the thickened portion of the, plate, one end of the spring abutting against the outer end of the recess, the other abutting against a fixed collar 44 held by a pin 45 to the rod.

Thus when the cord 38 is pulled, the bar and enlargement is retracted, tending to separate and spread apart the hooks 32, releasing the corresponding enlarged, centrally extending head 45, formed with a plate 46, secured by rivets 47, to the opposite end of the hames 18, draft eyes 48 being also secured to the exterior of the hames to which are attached the tugs or traces leading to the vehicle to be drawn by the animal wearing the collar.

In operation, the collar and hames being adjusted upon the neck of the animal, close to the shoulders, the ends of the hames are brought together, causing the head 45 to engage between the hooks 32, holding the two sides of the collar in .rigid engagement so that as the animal advances, the vehicle may be drawn by the traces.

When it is desired to release the hames, a pull upon the rope or cord 38 causes the hooks 32 to separate, releasing the head 45, and causing the two parts of the collar and hames to be separated under pull of the spring 24.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

In a horse-collar, the combination with a pair of arcuate elements adapted to surround the neck of an animal, of a hinge engaging said elements at the upper ends extension of said head, a spreader slidably thereof, means for normally causing separacontained in operative relation to said tion of the lower ends of said elements, a hooks, means for normally advancing said plate secured to the lower end of one of spreader, and a cord engaged With said 5 said elements having an enlarged head exspreader constructed and arranged to cause 15 tending laterally in opposite directions the release of said head upon manual operatransversely of said element, a pair of tion thereof. hooks pivotally carried at the end of the In testimony whereof I have affixed my opposite element, means for maintaining signature.

10 said hooks in normal engagement With the EDWARD BOHACZYK.

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